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...which plastic kitchenware is demonstrated and sold...
...most promising application of germfree research direct to man is in surgery. Despite all precautions, it has been impossible to protect a patient's wound completely against infection, which is still a common fatal complication of surgery. At Notre Dame, Bacteriologist Philip C. Trexler devised a plastic isolator, which has been modified at Walter Reed, and used at the University of Arkansas to deliver pigs...
...isolator is a sausage-shaped, flexible, transparent plastic bubble, slightly inflated to about five feet in diameter with germ-free air and glued to the skin around the place where the surgeon will make his incision. Inside the bubble are surgical instruments, lying on a part of the plastic that is supported by stands next to the operating table. Half-jackets, with sleeves, gloves and a sort of helmet are molded into the sides of the bubble for the surgeons, letting them see and work inside while standing outside. The technique has been tested extensively in animals, is ready...
Fancier Than Scarlett's. To go with the smashable fashions are numerous accessories, the newest and most practical using something called Curon, a thin, transparent, foam-plastic layer that is laminated to wool or worsted jersey as an interlining. Also among space-saving accessories: smashable turbans, many studded with creaseproof beads and fringe; wash-and-wear embroidered lingerie, fancier by far than Scarlett's; Italian nylon drip-dry raincoats, which actually may be more wrinkle than rainproof; tiny, collapsible umbrellas that look like pistols and shoot up almost as quickly...
...swimming-pool furniture, including an Aqua-Lounge ($29.95), constructed of aluminum tubing and saran webbing, an Aqua-Butler ($6.95 for set of two), Aqua-Table ($7.95), and a custom-made Aqua-Bar ($150 to $1,500 each). The Aqua-Butler is a 10-in. by 4-in. rectangle of plastic foam, which accommodates an ash tray and a drinking glass...